Fold-cuff.



H. FRIEDMANN. FOLD any? APYLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1912.

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HARRY FRIEDMANN, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR,. BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, LIO CLUETTyPEABODY & CO., INC OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

FOLD-CUFR Baltimore, State ofltlarylzrnd, have invented CeIt-zlinmew, anduseful Improvements in Fold-Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of.parts,hereinafter de-.

scribed and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part-of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure l of the drawings is a view in perspective of a broken-away end of a shirtsleeve having a reversible fold cuff embodying my invention, the cuff being folded outward. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the cuff. folded inward. Fig. 3 is a partial section taken through the cuff longitudinally of the sleeve.

My invention relates to shirts having folded cuffs, commonly called French cuffs, the cuff being folded over upon itself along its longitudinal middle line so as to expose to view its folded edge at the end of the sleeve and the end edges of four thicknesses of cuff along the side of the sleeve near its end.

As heretofore constructed, such a folded cuff was adapted for use only when folded over outwardly upon itself, because the outer plies of the cuff, where attached to the sleeve, were stitched down close to'its edge upon the sleeve so as to present a noticeably different appearance from the exposed edge of the outwardly folded-over portion of the cuff in use, so that if the folded portion of the cuff were folded inwardly instead of outwardly, the reversal of the cuff would be quite apparent.

The principal object of my invention is to adapt a fold or French cuff for use either in its ordinary form or in reversed form without rendering the reversal apparent to a casual observer. ThisI am able to accomplish by providing the cuff with outer plies presenting a folded edge along the sleeve-end of the cuff and free from the sleeve for a substantial distance from said folded edge whereby the folded edge of said Specification of Letters Patent.

, Application filed July 27,

- Patented Nov. 25, 1913. 1 912., SerialNo. 711,809.

plies presents substantially the, same appearance as ,does .the outwardly folded-over edge of the cuff. V i

, Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in its preferred. form, 1 presents the shirt-sleeve, 2 the attached portion of the cuff, and ,3.the fold-over portion of theculil Along its attacheden d the attached portion, 2, of. the,cuff has outer plies, 4,;which present a eldededge, 5,, and are attached to the sleeve by a line .of stitching, 6, at a substantial distance from thefolded edge, 5, forming a free fiap along "the attached edge of the cuff as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

As shown in Fig. 3, the inner ply, 7, of the cuff is first attached to the sleeve by a seam, 8, and the outer plies, 4, are attached to the sleeve as well as to the inner ply, 7, by a line of stitching, 6, at a substantial distance from the folded edge, 5, of said outer plies leaving the folded .portions of said outer plies free from the sleeve from their folded edges, 5, to said line of stitching, 6.

One of the outer plies, 4, may be omitted if desired.

The cuff is provided with four buttonholes, two located in the attached portion of the cuff and two in the fold-over portion, all four button-holes being adapted to register, when the cuff is folded either inwardly link, 12, by means of which all four thicknesses of the folded cuff are held together. The button-holes 13 in the fold-over portion of the cuff are located somewhat farther 9 in the attached portion are from the edge, 5, so that when the cuff is folded outwardly, the folded-over portion will cover and practically conceal from view the folded edge, 5.

cally shown in Fig. 3, and the folded line of the cuff is indicated by the broken line, 14, in said figure, from which it will be seen that when folded upon the line, 14;,the butt nhole, 13, will register with the buttonhole. 9, and the folded-over portion ofthe cuff will extend somewhat above the free edge 5.

As thus constructed, the edge of whichever portion of the cufl which isoutwardly I the sleeve, substantially the same free folded or outwardly, to receive a cuff-button or.

from the edge thereof than the button-holes- The buttonholes, 9 and 13, are diagrammatiion exposed presents in appearance, adjacent to 

